Do you know that it starts with Meng Tong?

In fact, Rulan and Minglan were also the people in the Wei family who welcomed Zhuang Jun's arrival the most.

Before they got married, Wang Ruofu and Wei Shuyi often told their daughters that the Wei family had a small population and no elders to support. After they got married, they didn't need to think about the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and could directly take charge of the family. It was really comfortable and leisurely.

But after marrying into the Wei family, Rulan and Minglan truly realized what it means to have an elder in a family, like having a treasure.

If there was an elder in the family who was in charge, how could Wei Chen dare to be so arrogant?

Now that Mr. Zhuang is here, the Wei family will be at peace!The blue sky is there!

Facts have also proved that since Zhuang Jun moved into Wei's house, Wei Chen has behaved much more restrained than before. Not only has he resumed the shift system, but sometimes he comes back late and will take the initiative to sleep in the study so as not to disturb the sleeping Ru Lan. and Minglan.

Of course, Wei Chen is not always so abiding by the rules. Occasionally, when the mood strikes, he will still drag sisters Ru Lan and Ming Lan together to have a good time together.

Although this is not the first time, this kind of thing is still very embarrassing for the thin-skinned Rulan and Minglan.

But after all, it was only a few times a month, which was better than doing it every day as they had worried before. Thinking about it this way, it was barely acceptable.

The days passed so calmly...

Chapter 291 Flying Fire Meteor

After entering the summer season, the weather in Bianjing became hotter and hotter.

The big fireball above the head spread its heat to the world wantonly, as if it could crack the ground, and the sky and the earth were filled with a dizzying white light.

Both humans and animals in Bianjing City were drooping their heads listlessly, and the branches and leaves of the vegetation along the road were wilting. Only the cicadas on the trees were still making noisy chirps, which made people upset.

In the common room in the back hall of the Hanlin Academy, Wei Chen's head was also dripping with sweat. He had just assigned homework for the common people. While the common people were busy writing, he leaned on a wicker chair and took a seat. Get cold.

Wei Chen changed into a gauze robe today, leaning on an old dark brown wicker chair, shaking a palmetto fan in his hand, and occasionally glanced down the hall. The style of teaching students in every family school.

In the hall, the concubines who felt the teacher's gaze were all frightened in their hearts and straightened up unconsciously.

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At this time, a class attendant walked into the hall carrying two food boxes, walked up to Wei Chen, and said respectfully: "Scholar Wei, the weather is hot today, I have prepared some mung bean and lily soup, which can relieve the heat. "

This servant's name was Li Zhong. When Wei Chen was compiling for the Hanlin Academy, he was responsible for serving Wei Chen tea and water, running errands, and Wei Chen was quite handy. This time he returned to the Hanlin Academy, he He recalled him to his side.

Seeing Wei Chen nod, Li Zhong took out a tureen from the food box behind him and handed it to Wei Chen. The sapphire-colored porcelain bowl was cold to the touch, and there were fine and dense water droplets on the outer wall. It had obviously been chilled. .

Wei Chen took it and took a sip. He felt refreshing and the heat in his body disappeared. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It gives ice in summer and charcoal in winter. Being an official in the capital has this benefit.

Wei Chen drank the mung bean and lily soup in the bowl in one gulp. Seeing the concubines below swallowing their saliva, he couldn't help laughing. He immediately ordered Li Zhong beside him: "Everyone in the hall, one bowl per person, use more." All the ice will be on my head."

As a lecturer, Wei Chen was given thirty kilograms of ice every day, and it was all taken from the Jinshui River in winter.

The Jinshui River is the exclusive drinking water source for the palace. When the river flows through the city, the channels are covered with thick stone slabs, and soldiers from the Imperial City Department patrol day and night to prevent anyone from contaminating or stealing the water. The water quality is top-notch.

Wei Chen's daily allowance of [-] kilograms of ice is not too much, not too little, but it is still enough to provide benefits to the sworn soldiers below. This is also a way to enhance feelings and win people's hearts.

As for Wei Chen's own home, there is no need to worry about running out of ice on weekdays. There is an ice cellar under the kitchen of Wei Chen's house. The ice cubes in it are not much, only [-] to [-] kilograms, a dozen cubic meters.

Wei Chen announced the recess and asked Li Zhong to distribute cold soup to the common people to relieve the heat.

In the scorching hot weather, the soldiers were already sweating profusely from the heat. When they heard Wei Chen's arrangement, they naturally jumped for joy, expressed gratitude and praise to Wei Chen.

Wei Chen lay back on the wicker chair and narrowed his eyes in enjoyment, but in his heart he was missing the iced cheese that his wife had made for him last night.

Use fresh goat milk, sugar and

The fermented glutinous rice is used as the raw material, and is chilled after being cooked. It is a bowl of iced cheese that is as white as clotted fat. It tastes cool and refreshing. If you add some fresh seasonal fruits, the taste will be even better.

Of course, what worries Wei Chen more than the iced cheese is the person who brought him the iced cheese...

While Wei Chen was wandering around, several concubines in the hall were drinking cold soup and chatting.

"Have you heard? When there was thunder last night, a stone fell from the sky. It landed right in Prince Yong's palace and made a big hole in the backyard of the palace."

"Why haven't I heard of this kind of thing? Someone didn't make it up to scare you, right?"

"Who dares to spread rumors about this kind of thing! Just wait and see, in less than two days, it will spread all over the capital. If you don't believe it, let's make a bet. If the stone falls on Prince Yong's palace so quickly, each of you will lose five taels of silver to me. how?"

"I won't bet with you. The ten taels of silver you lost to me last time are still not recovered..."

The chat among the few started to get louder, which attracted the attention of Wei Chen in the hall.

Wei Chen's heart moved, and he immediately got up from the wicker chair and walked to the people who were talking.When they saw Wei Chen, they quickly bowed and saluted.

Wei Chen waved his hand, smiled and asked about the content of their chat just now.

Several concubines looked at me, and I looked at you. Finally, a young man stood up, and it was Sheng Changfeng, the youngest member of the Sheng family.

He is naturally outgoing and loves making friends the most. He is very comfortable in all circles and is very well-informed. The news just now came from his mouth first.

Sheng Changfeng could only be regarded as a half-student of Wei Chen before, but now that he has arrived at the Common Hall, he has become a disciple of Wei Chen. He is naturally in awe of Wei Chen. Seeing that Wei Chen is interested in this matter, he immediately He recounted the incident to Wei Chen in detail.

Sheng Changfeng himself heard it from elsewhere. According to witnesses at Yongwang Palace, there was a thunderstorm and strong wind last night, and it was hard to see even one's fingers. But suddenly the sky became bright and colorful clouds enveloped Yongwang Palace.

Then suddenly there was a loud bang, and a beam of fire fell from the sky, landing in the backyard of Prince Yong's Mansion.

Everyone thought it was a deity descending to earth, and hid in the house and did not dare to come out. It was not until dawn, when the clouds closed and the rain stopped, that someone boldly came out to check.

A large pit with white smoke from birds suddenly appeared in the courtyard. A large red ball with a diameter of three or four feet was lying quietly at the bottom of the pit.

After Wei Chen heard Sheng Changfeng explain the cause and effect, he pondered for a moment and said, "Could it be... that it's a flying fire meteor?"

Meteors falling to the ground are indeed unusual for ordinary people, but in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, it is not too rare. In fact, the imperial court receives several reports of meteors found in local areas every year.

"Teach Yingming!" Sheng Changfeng gave a thumbs up and said: "It is indeed a flying bolide, but it is not an ordinary flying bolide."

"Say it quickly, stop showing off!" Wei Chen glared at Sheng Changfeng and said angrily.

Wei Chen and Sheng Changfeng have known each other since childhood. Their relationship is different from others, and they talk quite casually.

This scene fell in the eyes of several concubines around, and everyone couldn't help but cast envious glances at Sheng Changfeng.

Sheng Changfeng chuckled and said seriously: "It is said that people from Prince Yong's Palace found many ancient characters shaped like tadpoles on the flying fire meteor. It doesn't look like someone deliberately carved it, but it is completely natural. Everyone said This is a heavenly book, but no one knows it."

"When the Book of Heaven comes to the world, I don't know whether it is a bad omen or a good omen..."

Sheng Changfeng said he had a nose and eyes. Even those who didn't believe it before now believed it. The concubines who came to watch the excitement couldn't help but started talking about it.

"Okay, let's all disperse." Wei Chen said with a smile: "I have drank the soup and listened to the story. Seeing that you are all so energetic, I guess you have had enough rest, so let's continue the class!"

The sages sighed and sat back in their seats obediently.

Wei Chen walked slowly to the lectern, picked up a memorial from a famous minister of the previous dynasty, and explained it to the concubines.

Halfway through the class, Bianjing City, which had been so hot just now without any wind, suddenly became violently windy, and a dark cloud came into the sky.

The thunder became louder and louder, the lightning flashed brighter and brighter, and the heavy rain poured down like a waterfall, making a crackling sound on the windows outside the house, as if indicating the prelude to a certain movement.

Chapter 292

As expected, as Sheng Changfeng expected, within three days, the news of the meteorite falling from the sky in Prince Yong's Mansion spread throughout Bianjing City.

A meteorite fell from the head, and there was a heavenly book on it. This must be an instruction from God. Zhao Zhen took the news very seriously after hearing the news.

Zhao Zhen is old and has no children, and is now frail and sick. He will inevitably have many unrealistic suspicions, thinking that this is God's punishment for him. Therefore, the older he gets, the more interested he becomes in such mysterious things.

After hearing the report, Zhao Zhen immediately ordered King Yong to send the meteorite into the palace, and summoned officials from the Qintian Supervisor to study and figure it out, hoping to identify the contents of the heavenly book and obtain revelation from heaven.

However, the officials of Qin Tian Jian have been studying for more than half a month, but they are still unable to find out what the heavenly book on the meteorite is.

Zhao Zhen could only rub the ancient characters on the meteorite and seek advice from the world's most knowledgeable people and people from outside the country, but for a while there was still no progress.

That evening, Wei Chen was reading and writing in the study when Minglan suddenly opened the curtain and walked in with a smile.

Minglan picked up a sapphire porcelain bowl from the tray held by Xiao Tao behind her and handed it to Wei Chen. The porcelain bowl contained a bowl of iced cheese that Wei Chen had longed for.

Minglan sat down next to Wei Chen, holding a light round fan in her hand. The loose cuffs fell to her elbows, revealing a forearm that was as good as Shuang Saixue.

Wei Chen scooped a spoonful of cheese and placed it next to Minglan's arm. He looked back and forth and realized that the two were equally white and smooth.

"No wonder there is a saying that it is as crispy as cheese..."

Wei Chen sighed sincerely, but his eyes slowly moved upward.

In this life, under Wei Chen's conscious feeding and guidance, Minglan's development was much better than before, from mediocre to plump and tall, and it was even better than the color of the skin on her arms. That was Truly as crispy as cheese.

Feeling Wei Chen's burning gaze, Minglan glared at Wei Chen with a pair of beautiful eyes that seemed angry, then turned away and wrapped her clothes tighter.

Want to cover up.

Wei Chen couldn't help but smile when he saw this. What's the use of covering it up? You can always see it when you want to.

Tonight, it's Minglan's turn.

However, Wei Chen is much more patient now than when he was newlywed. Instead of rushing to swallow Minglan whole, he scooped up a spoonful of cheese and put it into Minglan's slightly swollen cherry mouth.

Wei Chen picked up the fan and gently fanned Minglan.

Minglan soon fell asleep, closed her eyes slightly, and curled up in Wei Chen's arms, like a lazy and lazy cat.

But it didn't take long for the quiet and leisurely atmosphere between the couple to be broken.

Yuan An came to report that Sheng Changbai and Gu Tingye came to visit together.

Wei Chen had no choice but to wake up Minglan in his arms, whisper to her gently, and ask her to go back to the house to wash herself off and wait for him to leave in the evening.

After Minglan left, Wei Chen invited Sheng Changbai and Gu Tingye in.

Sheng Changbai entered the study room and saw an article he had just finished writing on Wei Chen's desk. His eyes suddenly lit up and he went over to read it without even bothering to say hello to Wei Chen.

Gu Tingye also came over curiously. After looking at it for a while, he couldn't help but sigh: "I am really ashamed of Xingyun's talent. If I have free time in the future, I can learn more from you. Maybe I can go to Fanzhou next time." Lou Xiao

When you sprinkle it, you don’t have to pay for it! "

"You can't learn it!"

Hearing Gu Tingye's joke, Sheng Changbai immediately shook his head and said to Gu Tingye extremely seriously: "The talented people of our day can only learn from the writings of one and a half people."

"Which one and a half?" Gu Tingye asked with interest, and Wei Chen also looked at Sheng Changbai expectantly.

"Half is Chen Zichun, and half is you Xingyun." Sheng Changbai said seriously: "Chen Zichun's talent is so great that it can overwhelm a generation, but after all, he learned from Xingyun and has not yet broken out of his mold, so he can only be regarded as half. As for Xingyun …”

Sheng Changbai gave a long sigh to Wei Chen with complicated eyes: "The article has reached the stage of Xingyun, which is considered to be the pinnacle of success. I don't pursue the beauty of words, but just write down my feelings in my heart. It seems plain and old-fashioned, but if you think about it carefully, But it's a difficult word.

That's why I just said that no one in the world can learn from Xingyun's articles. Even Chen Zichun, who is so amazingly talented, has only scratched the surface of Xingyun's writings.As for ordinary Hanlin like us, even if the articles are full of good words, they are still far behind. "

Gu Tingye was ranked among the top two Jinshi scholars, so his articles were naturally not bad, but he only wrote articles to cope with the exam and did not delve into the underlying reasons.

Therefore, he only knew that Wei Chen's articles were good before, but he didn't know how good they were. After listening to Sheng Changbai's explanation, he suddenly realized that he had a deeper understanding of Wei Chen.